The original inhabitants of the land that is now known as the United States of America were some of the last peoples to be recognized as actual citizens of this great country. The Naturalization Law of March 26, 1790, provided the first rules to achieving national citizenship. This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were free white persons of good character. These laws did not include the darker skinned original inhabitants of the land. In the following years these laws were enhanced to further restrict citizenship thus disenfranchising the native inhabitants of the land that would become the United States of America.
The Native American path to citizenship was a long arduous process that was not completed until the states
The Native American path to citizenship was a long arduous process that was not completed until the states